WASHINGTON – In a gorgeous upset, Mark Harris defeated Rep. Robert Pittenger Tuesday night time in North Carolina's ninth District main.
Harris, a former pastor of a mega-church in Charlotte, is considered one of many candidates throughout the nation with a ministerial background.
One of his staunchest supporters is David Lane, founding father of the American Renewal Project, a company that goals to encourage and equip pastors to run for workplace with the purpose of affecting the tradition.
Lane tells CBN News his group does not preserve observe of particular person races however is aware of of a minimum of 300 pastors working on the native stage.
"A grassroots, precinct-level explosion is happening throughout the nation by evangelical and pro-life Catholic Christians," Lane stated.
It was a shut race between Harris and Pittenger who additionally confronted off towards one another in 2016.
"I invite the congressman and his supporters to hitch our journey as we deal with retaining the ninth District pink in November, guaranteeing the hard-working folks of the ninth District have a congressman who is targeted on representing them and their values," Harris stated in his victory speech.
Pittenger, a Christian himself, bowed out graciously.
"I want him the perfect," he stated in his concession speech.
Harris tells CBN News he believes it is essential Christians, and particularly pastors, be concerned in politics.
"There isn't any realm that God has made an exception for that He does not intend for believers to be salt and light-weight," he stated. "Every area God expects us to be engaged."
Lane agrees and is looking forward to 2020 when he hopes much more pastors will throw their hats into the ring.
"Imagine in 2020 a thousand evangelical pastors working for native workplace: metropolis council, faculty board, parks and recreation," he stated. "If they averaged 500 volunteers per marketing campaign, that will be a 500,000 grassroots, precinct-level explosion within the public sq. on November three, 2020."
This November, Harris will go up towards Democrat Dan McCready in what's anticipated to be one other very short race.